I made these and made Brian try them...he was sure I did something weird to them...but he ate one anyway and liked it! These are really good. Like, really good. Especially dipped in sauce. But I have never met a mozzarella stick I didn't like. Ha! Obviously these are best served right away so the cheese is melty and it doesn't sieze back up as it cools. I don't know if I'll make these all the time (too much in and out of the freezer for my liking), but for an occasional snack/treat, I'm all for it!
12 sticks mozzarella string cheese
1 large egg
1/4 cup flour (I omitted)
1/4 cup Italian seasoned breadcrumbs (I used gluten free breadcrumbs)
1/4 cup panko breadcrumbs (I used gluten free panko)
2 teaspoons parmesan cheese
1 Tablespoon dried parsley
Remove string cheese from the wrappers and cut cheese in half to give you 24
pieces. Freeze cheese until hard and frozen, about 30 minutes.
In three separate shallow dishes, place egg, flour and
breadcrumbs, each in their own dish. Whisk egg. To breadcrumbs dish, add panko,
parmesan and parsley.
Line a large baking sheet with aluminum foil and spray
with nonstick cooking spray.
Dip frozen cheese sticks in flour, shaking off
excess, then into the egg, then coat with the crumbs. Repeat for each cheese
stick, placing them on the lined baking sheet. Freeze on sheet at least 15
minutes, or until ready to bake (this is a must or they will melt before the
crumbs get golden).
When ready to bake, preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Arrange oven rack in the bottom third of your oven. (I just baked mine on the top rack and then turned the broiler on at the end).
Bake 4 to 5 minutes, turn sticks over, and bake an
additional 4-5 minutes, watching sticks closely so they don't melt.
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